Electronics Weekly
Via a phone app, the robot is moved by simple drag-and-drop graphical instructions that include: variable, loops, branches and sub-routines. Sensors on-board measure distance, acceleration and direction.
“Kids control the Codie robot with a touch-screen app featuring a visual coding language that organises robotics code into action blocks. By arranging action blocks on the app interface, children create programs without using a keyboard. This enables kids to start building their first programs in minutes,” said Codie, the Hungarian company behind Codie.
More advanced programming concepts like loops and subroutines are introduced by the app as children master the basics.
“By progressing alongside each child, Codie continues to challenge and engage its 8-to-12-year-old target age group,” said the firm.
